# Idle Ideas in 1905

Author: Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927

Genre: Category: Humour

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3140

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Idle+Ideas+in+1905+Jerome&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

CHAP. PAGE I. ARE WE AS INTERESTING AS WE THINK WE ARE? 1 II. SHOULD WOMEN BE BEAUTIFUL? 16 III. WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO BE MERRY? 29 IV. DO WE LIE A-BED TOO LATE? 46 V. SHOULD MARRIED MEN PLAY GOLF? 60 VI. ARE EARLY MARRIAGES A MISTAKE? 74 VII. DO WRITERS WRITE TOO MUCH? 89 VIII. SHOULD SOLDIERS BE POLITE? 105 IX. OUGHT STORIES TO BE TRUE? 122 X. CREATURES THAT ONE DAY SHALL BE MEN 141 XI. HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH LITTLE 158 XII. SHOULD WE SAY WHAT WE THINK, OR THINK WHAT WE 173 SAY? XIII. IS THE AMERICAN HUSBAND MADE ENTIRELY OF STAINED 186 GLASS XIV. DOES THE YOUNG MAN KNOW EVERYTHING WORTH KNOWING? 199 XV. HOW MANY CHARMS HATH MUSIC, WOULD YOU SAY? 213 XVI. THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN! NEED...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/idle-ideas-in-1905-3140/chapters/13/index.md)